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From: spolsky@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Joel Spolsky)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: IBM PC Terminal emulator / Graphics interface
Keywords: IBM PC terminal emulator graphics
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Date: 2 Aug 88 19:50:50 GMT
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In article <3523@bsu-cs.UUCP> cfchiesa@bsu-cs.UUCP (Christopher Chiesa) writes:
>
>I suggest you look into the public-domain Kermit program(s) out of Columbia
>University (and widely available just about everywhere else).  The current (?)
>version appears to be v2.30, 

2.31 is out; it adds a great script language and some other improvements.

>and performs VT102 (NOT VT100; my major complaint) and TEK 4010
>emulation.

Don't complain. VT102 is a strict superset of VT100; the difference is
that VT102 allows inserting and deleting characters in the middle of
the line, which  makes editors much easier to use at slow speeds.

>  If you can create a VT102 termcap you should
>be all set; personally I find that using the "standard" VT100 termcap with
>v2.30 is a royal pain, 

Use the "standard" vt200 termcap, which will allow enlightened
programs to use the insert/delete character feature. I use kermit 2.31
with a vt200 termcap and emacs works perfectly. (emacs seems to know
all about vt200's). Anyhow I don't know of anything VT200 supports
that VT102 doesn't; maybe some arcane things like double-height
half-letters and stuff but nobody uses those.

>and I prefer slightly EARLIER (v2.28 or before) versions
>as they do the *best* VT100 emulation I've seen.  They DON'T do graphics, how-
>ever.  

Thats weird. 2.28 didn't do VT100, only VT52 and Heath-19. I guess
this goes to show that kermit is such a good program that its VT52
emulation beats other VT100 emulations :-) (But seriously, VT52 lacks
highlighting, a serious limitation).

>
>But what the heck, it seems to be FREE, at least no one has ever asked me to
>pay for copies, in a University environment where such things are taken IN-
>CREDIBLY seriously.

You can get it by ftping to cu20b.columbia.edu; write to me if you
can't figure out how to do this.

>  Chris Chiesa

Joel Spolsky
Bell Communications Research
spolsky@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
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